“Drinking Made Easy” and “Sing the Booze”
An interview with TV personality Zane Lamprey, who makes a Saturday stop in Ventura.
Year: 2010
Week in Sports
The playoff season: Time to win or go home.
Coastal Art and Poetry Contest for Youth
The California Coastal Commission invites all California students in kindergarten through 12th grade to enter the 2011 California Coastal Art & Poetry Contest.
Capps Pauses on Proposals
She opposes increasing the retirement age for Social Security recipients, and supports cutting military spending.
Scholarship Founded in Name of Shark Victim
The Lucas Ransom Memorial Scholarship was established at UCSB this week in memory of the 19-year-old chemical engineering major who was killed in a shark attack last month at Surf Beach.
City Gets Cash for Water Purifier
The City of Santa Barbara is getting a $29 million loan to install an ozone water purifier at the Cater Water Treatment Plant as part of a longstanding effort to comply with increasingly stringent federal standards.
Gallegly Worries About Anti-Crush Bill
The House passed a revised version of Congressmember Elton Gallegly’s anti-crush video bill, but the Simi Valley Republican—who represents much of Santa Barbara County—complained that the insertion of unnecessary new language will ensure the bill isn’t passed this legislative session.
Mayor Breaks Ground on Housing Project
With golden shovel in hand, Mayor Helene Schneider and other local housing dignitaries broke ground on 11/11 at the site of what is expected to be the largest single-family, LEED Platinum Project in the United States.
Companies Battle Over Uggs
On 11/8, Goleta-based Deckers Outdoor Corporation filed a lawsuit against Tom Romeo and Romeo and Juliette, Inc, the makers of Bearpaw branded boots, for copying the trade dress design of its Ugg Australia boots.
Better for Weather
Medical care and supplies are offered to the homeless ahead of winter months.